Permutation alarm and circuit-closer for sparking plugs.



P. ROUSSEY.

PERMUTATION ALARM AND CIRCUIT CLOSER FOR SPAHKING PLUGS. APPLICATION FILED IULVZI l9l4.

1, 1 61,890. Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

P. ROUSSEY.

PERMUTATION ALARM AND CIRCUIT CLOSER FOR SPARKLNG PLUGS.

APPLICATlON HLED IULVZI, 19H.1

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Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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PAUL RGUSSEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PER-MUTATION lALARM AND CIIlCUIT-CLOSER,` FOR SPARKING PLUGS.

Specification of Iietters Patent.

Patented Nov.- 30, 1915.

Application filed July 21, 1914. Serial No. 852,275.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL RoUssEv, a citizen of France, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York.A

parts of the device being lso arranged that inthe event that aperson unfamiliar with the combination oft-he movable parts attempts to operate the device an alarm is sounded and 'consequently attention is attracted to the machine. On the otherhand the parts of the device are so assembled and arranged that one who is familiar with the proper combinationmay easily and quickly manipulate the movable parts to establish or complete the circuit from the magneto of the machine to the sparking plugs of the engine cylinders.

- A further object of the invention is to provide ina device of the character indicated means tor easily and quickly7 changing the combination of the parts in order that the owner or authorized user of the machine may be assured that the machine will not be used during his absence without danger of an unauthorized person attempting to use the same being detected.

With these and other objects in view the device consists in the novel features and structural arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the forward portion of an automobile showing the alarm and circuit closer for sparking plugs in position thereof. F ig. '2 is a transverse sectional view of the instrument forming the principal part of the device. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the said instrument cut on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of operating parts of the instrument. Fig. 5 a plan view of an arm supporting disk rf .i in the instrument.

Fig. 6 is a perspect` view of an arm used in the instrument.V Fig. T is a diagrammatic relates to permutationv view showing the parts of the instrument closed for completing the 'circuit to the sparker of the engine. Fig. 8 is a similar v1ew showing the circuit which leads vto the alarm bell closed.

The instrument of the device comprises a base 1 adapted to be mounted upon a support 2 attached to the dash 3 of an antoniobile as most clearly illustrated inl Fig. 1 of the drawing. .A casing 4 is mounted upon the base 1 and is detachably secured thereto by means of securing devices 5 oi' anv desired form orv pattern. cover G is hingedlv connected with the casing -1 and is provided at one side with an outstanding lug T adapted to be engaged bv a spring catclrS mounted upon the casing 1 whereby the said cover 6 is held in a closed position with relation to the casing.

An annular member 9 fits snugly within the casing 1 and is connected atits lower edge with the base 1. The casi-ngi is provided at its upper end with a top wall 10 which extends over the upper edge of. the annular member 9 and which is provided at equal distances from its cent-er and in the vicinity of lits periphery with yanumber of circularly arranged openings 11. A- ring 12 is fixed in the upperportion of the annular member 9 and is provided with a'series of sockets 13 whichcorrespond in number with the openings 11 'and which are in longitudinal alinement with the same` The ring 12 is of insulating material. Stems 14 are mounted for movement transversely tlrrugh the ring 12 and traverse the length of the scckets 13. The said stemsv 14 are provided at their upper ends with key heads 15. Stops 16 are mounted upon the intermediate portions of the stelns 1i and are located in the sockets Coil springs 1T are interposed between the bottom of the sockets 13 andthe under sides of the stops 16 and are under tension with a tendency to normally1 hold the stems 11 in elevated positions and t-he upper surfaces of the stops 10 against the lower surfaces ot nuts 1S which are screw threaded in the upper ends of the sockets 13 and through which the stems 14 slidably pass. The stems 14 are provided at their lower ends with laterally disposed branches 19and inwardly Vdisposed branches 20 most clearly shown inl Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawing.

A stud 21 passes through the-center of the base 1 and is surrounded by a boss 22 pro-` ios undercut shoulders 26.

screw threaded upon the boss 22 and is 'spaced from the upper surface of the base 1. A disk 24 is turnably mounted upon the base 1 and is held down in position upon the same by means of the gasket 23. The disk 24 is provided at its peripheral portion with a number of recesses 25 having An electric wire 2l' is connected with the disk 24 and passes through the gasket 23 and base 1 and is con` nected with ,a bell 28 preferably mounted under the seat of the automobile as indicated in Fig.1. The said bell in turn is connected with batteries 29 and a wire 30 connects thesaid batteries with a ring 31 mounted upon the ring 12. The wire 30 also passes through the base 1 and the gasket 23 aS best indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawing. A series of contacts 32 are mounted upon the ring 31 and have engagement with the sides of the stems 14, hereinbefore described. The turning movement of the disk 24 is limited b v means of a pin 33 which passes through a slot 34 provided in the said disk and which enters the base 1. The said pin and slot device is best illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing. A pulling spring 35 is connected at one end with the gasket 23 and at its other end with the disk 24 and is under tension and serves to hold one end of the slot 34 in contact with the side of the pin 33 as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

Arms 36 are provided at theirI inner ends with pins 37 which enter sockets provided in the intermediate portion of the base 1 as best indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The said sockets in the base 1 are arranged in circular form as indicated at 37'. in Fig. 5 of the drawing. A washer 'or disk 38 is mounted upon the inner ends of the arms 36 and holds the pins-37 in the sockets of the base 1.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the washer or disk 38. The arms 36 are two in number and one of them is connected by means of a wire 39 with a magneto 40 best shown in Fig. 7 ot' the drawing. The wire 39 passes through the gasket 23 and the base 1 at the same openings therein through which the wires 27 and 30 pass. Resilient arms 41 are supported uponthe upper portions of the washer 38 and are provided at their inner ends with pins 42 which enter the sockets 37 provided in the said washer. The arms i 41 are-also two in number and each arm is provided with a depending portion 43 which is adapted to encounter the arms 36 located below the same when the arm 41 is depressed as best indicated at the right hand part of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the arm 41.

One of the arms 41 is connected by means of a wire 44 with that arm 36 other` than the said arm 36 which is .connected with the wire 39 as best shown in Fig. T of the drawing. 'l`he other arm 41 is connected b v means ol a wire 45 with the magneto 40 hereinbefore described. A washer 46 is located upon the upper portion oi' the stud 2l and holds the arm 41 in proper position against the washer 38. wing nut 4T is screw threaded upon the upper end of the stud 21 and holds the part 4G. arms 41 and 36 and 38 in proper relation with respect to each other. r1`he arms 41 may be disposed in radial alinement with relation to each other as indicated in heavy lines in Fig. 3 of the drawing or the said arms ma v he disposed at angles with relation to each other as indicated by the dotted lines in said figure. By so mounting the arms means is provided for changing their positions whereby the combination for operating the device may be changed at will. To effect the adjustment of the arms 41 and 36 the securing device 5 is removed from the base 1 and the casing 4 together with the annular member 9 is removed from the base 1 and consequently the ring 12 and the parts supported thereon are removed from over the arms 41 and 36 then b v loosening the wing nut or removing the said wing nut from the stud 21 the washer 46 may be removed and the arms 41 may be positioned at desired points upon the washer 38 then by removing the washer 38 the arms 36 may be placed at corresponding points upon the gasket with relation to the arms 41. After this has been done the parts are reassembled and the desired combination of parts is had. The magneto 40 of the engine is connected with the sparking plug of the engine by 'means .of a wire 48 as best illustrated in Fig. 7 of said arms 41 are depressed as shown at the l right in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

` Two types of standards are provided forj engaging under the shoulders 26 of the recesses 25 provided upon the disk 24. One type of standard is shown at 51 in Fig. 4 and the other type at inl the said figure. The standards 51 are provided with flexible side portions 53 adapted to enter the recesses 25 and provided at their lower ends with outstanding flanges 54 adapted to engage under the shoulders 26. The said standards 51 are provided at their upper ends with inclined surfaces 55 which are located in the paths of movementA of the branches 19 ot' the stems 14 located above the said stand ards 51. By pressing the side portions 53 f the standards 51 toward each other the said standards may bereadily detached from the recesses 25 and positioned in any of the recesses desired.

The standards are also providedb with flexible side portions indicated at 5() and the said portions are adapted to enter some of the recesses 25. The side portions 5G of the standards 52 are piovided at their lower ends with flanges 57 adapted to engage under the shoulders 26 of the recesses' :25 in which the said standards '52 are positioned as best shown in -Fig. '2 of the drawing. The standards are provided .at their inner side portions 56 with catches 58 the upper surfaces of which are beveled or inclined asbest shown in Figs-2 and 1 of the drawing. These catches 58 are located in the paths of movement of the insulated' projections 50 upon the ends of the arms 41. The standards 5'?. at their upper ends are .devoid of inclined surfaces such as those described as in connection with the standards 51 and the branches 19 of the stems 14 which are located above the standards 52 are unobstructed in their downward movement along the edges of the said standards The operation of the device is as follows. 'hen the device is used by one who is fa-v miliar with the combination. that is to say the disposition of the arms 41 with relation to each other and with relation to the key heads 15 the cover 6 is swung back and the keys 15 of the proper combination are depressed or pushed in an inward direction. As .the stems 11 which carrv the said key heads move longitudinally the branches 20 thereof come in contact with the stops 19 upon the arms 41 and the said arms are depressed as indicated in the.view in Fig. V7. At the same time the insulated extensions 50 of the said arms engage under the catches 58 andthe depending portions 43 are held in contact with the arms 36. As the extensions 50 move along the catches 58 the inner sides of the standards 51 flex in an outward direction and consequently the said extenthe partsare held temporarily in the'positionsk indicated. Therefore it will be seen by referring to Fig. 7 of the drawing that an electric connection is made through the wire 39 with. the magneto l0 one of the arms and along'l the depending portion 4310 the arm 41 above thence along the wire :ll tothe other arm 36 then along the other depending portion 43 to the other arm 41 thence along the wire 45 back to the magneto and the said current passes along the wire 48 to the sparking plug ofthe engine. The parts are held in the positions just above described as long as the engine runs. When* the automobile or engine stops and it is desired to lock the parts against thi` use of an unauthorized person the operator swings the cover back and depress-rs an): one of the stems 11 located above one of the standards 51. In doing this the branch 19 of the said stem passes along the inclined surface 55 of the standard 51 and the disk 21 is turned or moved against the tension disk 21 is drawn back to its normal.position. 2

Now let it be presumed that an attempt is made by one who is not familiar withvthe combination or an unauthorized person. The said person depresses one of the steinll which is located above one of the standards 51 for the reason that he does not know the proper stem to depress"I As theA said stem 1i is depressed the end 19 thereof encounters the inclined surfacei ofthe standard 51 below and an electric circuit is made from the batteries 29 to the bell 2S in the following manner and as is best illustrated in Fig.v 8 of the drawing. The current passes from the. batteries '2Q along the wire 30 to the ring 31 thence through the contacts 32 to the stem 11 then along the said stem and branch 19 to the standard 51 thence to the disk 24 and thence along the wire 2T to the bell 28 sounding the saine and then back to the batteries 29. lConsequently an unauthorized or any person who is unfa- -miliar with the combination will sound the alarm in an attempt to establish the electric circuit to thel sparking plug. This alarm will warn the owner of the automobile and he may promptly take measures to protect purloining of his property.

Having described the invention what is claimed is1- 1. In a device of the character described, Y

a disk mounted for turning movement. means for returning and holding the disk at a normal position. standardsiiiounted upon the disk` normally space-d electric contacts located adjacent the disk` an electric circuit connected with the said contacts. key 'operated stems adapted to engage the contactsl to close the circuit-` means carried by some of thestandards for holding the contacts closed, and other key operated stems having portions engageable with the standards Vto turn the disk and thereby release the contacts from the holding means and open the,V i

circuit.'

2. In a device ofthe character described a.v disk mounted for turning movement, meansfiorv holding the disk at a normal position, Standards adjustably mounted upon the lafdisk mounted for turning` movement, means .f.{5,i"-to`4 be brought into engagement with each .f6-if lreQcesses formed at'the edge portion of the holding the disk at a normal position,

disk, standards having iiexible sides and provided with flanges adapted to lenter the recesses and engage under the same, solne of the standards being provided with catches and other of the standards having surfaces injalli-ned` with relation to the disk, contact arms mounted adjacent thevdisk and adapted other, some of the said arms having eXtensionssadapted to engage underthe catches when the said arms are depressed, stems having branches, the branches of some of the stems adapted to depress the arms having the extensions, and the branches of the other stems adapted to encounter the inclined surfaces of the stan lards provided with the same whereby the disk is turned against the tendency ofits retaining means.

INl. In a deviceof the character described a base, a. disk movably mounted on the disk, means for holding the disk at a normal posi'- tion upon the base, Contact arms adjustably mounted upon the base, other Contact arms adjustably mounted above the base and adapted w hen depressed to establish electric connection with the first mentioned Contact arms, standards adjust-ably mounted upon the disk some of the standards having catches and other of the standards having inclined surfaces, movable keys having branches some ot' the keys adapted to depress the last mentioned arms whereby the said last mentioned arms are held in depressed condition by the catches and in electric contact with the first mentioned arms, other of the said stems having branches adapted to encounter the inclined surfaces of the standards provided with the same whereby the disk is movedagainst the tendency of its retaining means.

In testimony-- whereof I, affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL ROUSSEY.

lVitnesses FRANK OTT, GEO. A. BYRNE 

